Boot-crimp



YUNITED STATES PATENT OFICE.

S. PASCO AND E. PERRY, OF GATO, NEW YORK.

BOOT-CRIMP.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 6,260, dated April 3, 1849.

To all whom t may concern: Be it known that we, SARDrUs PAsco an ELIHUPERRY, of Gato, in the county of Cayuga and State of New York, haveinvented an Improved Apparatus for Crimping Boots, and that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the principle orcharacter which distinguishes it from all other things before known andof the usual manner of making, modifying, and using the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing, which forms a part of thisspecification, in whichliigure 1 is a perspective view. Fig. 2, is aclamp or vise grip detached.

The nature of our improvement consists in the arrangement andcombination of the movable parts of the crimp, and the clamp or visegrip for holding the leather.

The construction is as follows: The crimp is made in the usual form, butthe toe part (a) is separated from the main portion of the crimp, and isjointed thereto near the instep; this part is so formed, as to be ableto assume a position inclining down, as shown by the dotted lines; ascrew (o) passes through the end of this toe piece, and is made to bearagainst the stationary part, by which the toe piece is forced up to theposition shown in the drawings; another piece (c) of oblong narrow form,is made to fit the bottom of the foot of the stationary part, it isjointed near the toe piece, and is pressed off at the heel by means of ascrew (d) near the heel; a third piece (e) of similar shape to that lastnamed, but longer, is jointed at its upper end to the back of the -legof the tree near the top; and extends down near to the heel piece, wherea screw (la) is applied to it to force it off, said screw being similarto those lettered (Z) and d). To shape a boot leg on this tree, thescrews Zi, d, and la, are turned back, so as to permit the pieces a, c,and c, to resume their places, the leather is then drawn over thecrimps, and clamped to the heel piece (e) by two clamps, hereafterdescribed, and by a third clamp to the back piece (6,) the screws (d and7L) are then turned till the leather is made to set snug to the instep,and then the toe is elevated by means of the toe screw (o) and theoperation is finished.

The clamps are formed of two L-shaped pieces of iron, which lap overeach other,.as shown in the drawing; the inner piece has a lissure cutin it at in which a headed rivet (7c) fits, that connects them together;a screw (Z) passes through the parallel aws (m) by which they are drawntoward each other when put on to the crimp. These clamps can be used forother purposes.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim therein as new,and for which we desire to secure Letters Patent, is-

The combination and arrangement of the movable parts e, c, and al, ofthe clamp with the stationary part m, in the manner set forth.

SARDUS PASCO. ELIHU PERRY.

Witnesses BOLIVAR OSTRANDER, AReULEs TAYLOR.

